Classically-trained pianist and electronic musician James Blake reigned supreme over favourites David Bowie and Laura Mvula with his second record, Overgrown. If his unique voice and ambient tunes had failed to secure success two years previous (when he was nominated for his self-titled debut), the success at 2013's Mercury Music Prize proved the judges were willing to turn their back on traditional sounding guitar music to award a musician altogether more expansive. Other nominees included Disclosure and previous winners Arctic Monkeys.